Creekside Elementary

Hello CES Families! This is Dana Rhinehart, principal, with a few announcements.

First of all, THANK YOU for another successful Boosterthon! We are about $1,400 from our goal. You can continue to make donations this week and we're hoping that by tomorrow we will exceed out goal! Most of all, I think students had a great week of fun and learning.

It's GRANDPARENTS WEEK AT CREEKSIDE! We invite 4th grade parents to eat lunch with us on Wednesday. 3rd and 5th grade parents are invited on Thursday. You may park and enter the cafeteria at the doors nearest the cafeteria entrance on the north side of campus.

On Tuesday, September 10th we have a PTO meeting at 4:00. 3rd grade parents, listen up. Following the PTO meeting, we will be hosting a 411 on 3rd grade. There have been lots of questions and we would like to talk to 3rd grade parents about expectations, grades, the Benchmark reading series, and the Literacy and Numeracy Acts. Please come and bring any questions you may have.

East Limestone will be at CES on Friday for Spirit Sales and everyone is invited to wear black Friday to "Black Out the Tigers" as East plays the Russellville Tigers. We will also be selling "special snack" on Friday.

Student flu shots will be given on September 19th. Consent forms were sent home and are due by Friday, September 13th if you plan for your child to get a flu shot at school.

Fall pictures are coming up on September 20th. We're super excited to have Spoiled Rotten Photography taking our pictures this year!

Have a wonderful week!

~DR

Health Hero will be coming to Creekside to administer student flu shots on Thursday, September 19th. Consent forms should be coming home with students this week. Please return a completed and signed consent form no later than Friday, September 13th if you would like for your child to be vaccinated. If you do not wish to have your child vaccinated, simply do not return the form. If your child has PEEHIP insurance and you wish for them to have the flu shot at school, they will have to wait until the health department comes to administer flu shots for the faculty on October 29th. Contact Nurse Lacey for more information on that or with any other questions about the flu shot clinic.

Hello Creekside! Boosterthon is here! We officially kick off on Wednesday, but registration is open at mybooster.com. We have 202 of about 1,036 kids registered, so please take a moment tonight to register.

Starting tomorrow, Extended Day pick up will be at the Elementary Front Office. This is at the front of the school. The elementary entrance sits farther from Sanderson Rd. You can still sign up for Extended Day. See the SMORE newsletter for registration information.

Remember to complete the application for free/reduced lunch. Guidelines have changed due to inflation, making it easier for some to qualify. The QR code can be found on the SMORE newsletter.

Our PTO is busy planning a Fall Festival that will be held on Oct. 3rd. Our next PTO meeting is Sept. 10th at 4:00. Plan now to join us and get involved.

On Friday, we would like for everyone to wear their House shirt or House color.

For lunch this week...

Have a WONDERFUL WEEK!

~DR

Hello Creekside Families! Teachers have spent the last couple of weeks getting to know students and building relationships with them. I've seen lots of fun activities as I've visited classrooms. They've completed some review from last year and are finishing up beginning of the year iReady assessments in reading and math. DIBELS beginning of year testing is underway for 3rd graders too. iReady will create each student individual pathways in reading and math to help close those gaps in learning.

Mrs. Brooks, Mrs. Andrews, Mrs. Thiery, classroom teachers, and I will be looking at the results from these assessments and last year's information to make sure every student is getting what they need to excel this year. Whether it is remediation or enrichment, our goal is that each student reaches their full potential.

Remember to apply for free/reduced lunch. Also, monitor your child's balance. The ala carte price list is below. Those items can add up quickly.

Our Extended Day program is open and ready for your children to attend. We will be rotating stations when we get everyone settled in so that students will have different learning and play opportunities each day. Extended day is open from 2:40-5:40 each day.

Boosterthon Registration is open! The date of the Fun Run is Sept. 6th.

Grandparents Week is September 9-13. 4th grade parents may join us on Sept. 11. 3rd and 5th grade parents may join us on Sept. 12. Check with classroom teachers for specific lunch times.

It's going to be a GREAT week at the CREEK!

~DR

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Email: dana.rhinehart@lcsk12.org
Website: www.creeksideelem.org
Location: 15983 Sanderson Road, Harvest, AL, USA
Phone: 256-233-6452
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Hello Creekside Families!

This is Dana Rhinehart, principal of CES, with a few announcements. The first few days of school were wonderful! We loved seeing everyone so excited about another school year. Unfortunately, Covid took me out on Wednesday and I have been home recovering, along with several students and staff I'm told.

Our Extended Day program is open and ready for your children to attend. We will be rotating stations when we get everyone settled in so that students will have different learning and play opportunities each day.

Our first PTO meeting of the year is Tuesday night, August 13th at 6:00 p.m. Please join us as we kick off another great year of partnering together to make Creekside an outstanding school for our kids! Speaking of PTO, our biggest fundraiser of the year is beginning. Registration opens Wednesday, August 14th. This is HUGE! Proceeds from Boosterthon will help us with school improvements and projects.

Thank you for your patience with our new car and bus lines.

For lunch this week... (see menu below).

We look forward to another great week at CES!

~Dana R.

Welcome Back! We had a FANTASTIC first day! Teachers worked hard to get their rooms ready to create a community of learners in each class. Thank you for entrusting us with your children. They will be well-loved, cared for, and challenged to learn this year.

We had every student in the building by 7:42 on the first day of school. That is AWESOME! That tells us that we WILL be able to meet our goal of having car line end by 7:30.

Carline... PLEASE be patient. For those who are complaining about carline after the first day of school, please give me a moment to explain a few things.

• SROs (School Resource Officers) are no longer allowed to direct traffic. This decision was made above the school level and we must abide by it. This is no reflection on the new SRO.
• Limestone County Sheriff's Depart. does not have the manpower to direct traffic.
• This is also the reason for only right turns as cars exit.
• Yes, there are 2 lanes that enter from the new access road.
• One of those lanes was designated for buses.
• We only have one exit and one lane for students to safely exit vehicles, so having one lane entering into campus makes it easier to manage.
• We may have to open the second lane to get traffic off Sanderson Rd., but parents must follow car line procedures if we do this.
• On Friday afternoon, some parents were merging/jumping from one lane to the other and moving the cones that coaches placed so they would know which cars were next.
• This created a lot of confusion. Numbers are texted to teachers inside the gym so students are ready to load. When parents jumped lines, their kids numbers had not been called and it created a chaotic situation.
• PLEASE give us a few days to get car line running smoothly.
• Lots of parents bring their kids to school during the first few days and then they will begin riding the bus.
• Teachers and coaches work carline and I can assure you, they want carline to be finished as quickly as you do. But we also have to be SAFE.

If there is any parent with experience directing traffic that would like to become an official volunteer to direct traffic at Creekside, please contact Mrs. Rhinehart and let her know.

Again, we are so happy to have your children at Creekside Elementary this year.

~Dana Rhinehart